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Suffixes for a Disease

  1. -ia
    -condition; state, thing 

    -pneumonia

    -condition of the lungs
  2. -ism
    -disease from a specific cause; process

    -hypothyroidism 

    -disease of a thyroid gland
  3. -itis
    -infection of; inflammation of 

    -tonsillitis 

    -infection of the tonsil
  4. -megaly
    -enlargement

    -cadriomegaly

    -enlargement of the heart
  5. -oma
    -mass; tumor

    -neuroma

    -tumor of a nerve
  6. -osis
    -condition; process

    -psychosis

    -condition of the mind
  7. -pathy
    -disease

    -arthropathy

    -disease of a joint
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